Mark Morss is a USCF OTB Master and Correspondence Senior Master. In 1991 USCF offered thematic sections in the Classical King's Indian, and he joined two of them because of his interest in chess theory. He was soon hooked on the correspondence game and, since then, has played in several USCF and ICCF sections. Recently, in US13P05, he obtained ten wins, three draws, and no losses and won the section to advance in the ongoing 13th U.S. Championship. He is currently playing in the 1997 USCF Absolute Championship. His postal rating is about 2400 in USCF and also in ICCF. His OTB rating is 2240, though he has not played OTB since 1994.

For the past six years Mark Morss has volunteered much of his free time to coach chess at a Columbus, Ohio public school, Indianola Alternative Elementary. Indianola's "Rainbow Knights" have won many awards and honors, including successive Ohio Elementary Team Championships in 1996 and 1997, and they were Ohio K-5 Champions in 1998.

Mark Morss also writes classical lyric verse, which he features on his poetry page.